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APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29, 1912.

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EDMOND HROUX, 0F MONTRAL, QUEEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ALBERT MILETTE, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

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speeiaeation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. -10, 1914.

Application led November 29, 1912. Serial No. 734,065.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND HROUX, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in windows, as described in the present specifloat-ion and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the i novel construction and arrangement of parts,

whereby the sashes are supported from one side edge rail thereof by carriages traveling on suitable tracks in the window frame.

The objects of the invention are to devise a window of the vertically sliding variety, which will open inwardly similarly to the Casement window, to facilitate the cleaning of windows, to avoid the passage of drafts of air in the closed positions of the sashes and generally to provide a window of simple, cheap and durable construction, that can be opened, both by vertically sliding and horizontally swinging the sashes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the window frame and sashes complete showing the lower sash swung inwardly. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line A-B in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line G-D in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail of a carriage or running hinge.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings 1 is the window frame showing on one side thereof the vertical sash grooves 2 and 3 separated by the parting strip 4 and on the other side thereof the sash grooves 5 and 6 separated y by the parting strip 7, the said parting strip 7 being split across intermediate of the height thereof and having the lower part thereof hinged to the frame and adapted to disappear in the vertical slot 8 in the said frame,'said vertical slot being in the bed of the sash groove 6.

9 is a hinged strip forming the lower portion of the wall of the sash groove 6 at the inside of the frame and adapted to open the way into said sash groove 6 from the bottom to half way up the frame clear of any obstruction.

10 are channeled strips preferably of metal, having the screw holes 11 through the inner side'iianges and slots 12 in the outer side fianges leading to said screw holes. 13 are screws securing said channeled strips 10 in the sash grooves 2 and 3 in abutment with the side walls thereof, said channeled strips 10 forming in the channels thereof vertical tracks and the spaces between said channeled strips forming tongue grooves 14 and 15.

16 and 17 are carriages, each being formed of a fiat outer face 18, terminating at one side of the carriage in a hinge member 19, and the vertical tongue 20 cut out intermediate of the height thereof for the introduc-v tion of the wheel 21, said wheel being journaledl on the pivot 22. The upper carriage 1G has at the top of the tongue 20, the lug 23 forming an eye for the attachment of the weight cord 24.

25 are leaves forming with the members 19 complete hinges.

26 is the lower sash having a pair of carriages 16 and 17 secured thereto, and 27 is face of each sash above, below and between the carriages, extend into the tongue grooves 14 and 15, `thus forming excellent weather strips for the prevention of the passage of drafts.

.The sashes are supported by the weighted lcords 24 the carriages forming the supporting pieces, said carriages traveling up and down in the sash grooves 2 and 3 with each movement of the sash, the fiat edge face of each sash opposite the carriages 16 and 17 shutting up aga-inst the Hat outer faces 18, while the tongues 28 shut into the tongue grooves 14 and 15 over the cords 24, there being a small cord groove 29 in each tongue- The operation of the window will be readily understood from the foregoing description but it may be mentioned that the sashes must each be sliddownwardly in order to swing on their hinges, so as to come oppo site the hinged parts of thestrips 7 and 9, for the Way to the sash grooves 5 and 6 must be opened and cleared and oHer no obstruction to the inward and outward swinging of said sashes. The rollers 30 secured to the edge faces of said sashes and running in the grooves 5 and 6 travel in the beds of said grooves and relieve any strain on the carriages during the ordinary sliding operations. A

Modifications may be made in the construction Without departing -from the spirit of the invention so long as they remain Within the scope of the claims.

lll/*hat I claim is l. A pair of channel irons rigidly secured in the inner portion of the sash groove of a Window frame, a bracket in the form of a hinge, said hinge having one leaf adapted to be secured to a Window sash and from the other leaf a central vertical boss supporting a running gear engaged behind the outer flanges and in the beds of said channel irons.

2. A pair of channel irons rigidly secured to the side Walls of a sash groove in the Window frame, a bracket'in the form of a hinge7 said hinge having one leaf adapted to be secured to a Window sash and from the other a vertical boss slotted thereacross and having a roller journaled in the center of said slot and extending behind the outer z flanges of saidchannel irons.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, this twelfth day of November, 1912.

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Witnesses H. DAVIS, C. PATENAUDE. 

